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Old 07-02-2008, 05:19 PM
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my AEB 1.8T is eating coolant at an alarming rate.. any ideas?
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Leaking coolant....? Find the leak...
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Start by opening the hood and removing the belly pan.

Any leaks? Anything coming out the tail pipe? It just doesn't evaporate, so it's going somewhere.
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I don't think it's a leak.. and no smoke from the tail pipe
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It's going somewhere then. It can't just evaporate from the system.
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I'm well aware of that... would a slow leak into the engine show any smoke?
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I think you'd notice any amount of coolant leakage as water doesn't combust very well.
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very true.. I'll really crawl around in the engine bay and seek out possible leaks
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How fast is an "alarming rate"? How much are you replacing how often?
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You will smell the coolant before you see smoke, burning AF smells sweet
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